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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.providers;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClassExpression;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataPropertyExpression;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataRange;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataSomeValuesFrom;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObjectPropertyExpression;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.vocab.OWL2Datatype;

/**
 * Existential provider interface.
 */
public interface ExistentialProvider {

    /**
     * Gets an OWLDataSomeValuesFrom restriction
     *
     * @param property The property that the restriction acts along.
     * @param dataRange The data range that is the filler.
     * @return An OWLDataSomeValuesFrom restriction that acts along the specified property and has
     * the specified filler
     */
    OWLDataSomeValuesFrom getOWLDataSomeValuesFrom(OWLDataPropertyExpression property,
        OWLDataRange dataRange);

    /**
     * Gets an OWLDataSomeValuesFrom restriction
     *
     * @param property The property that the restriction acts along.
     * @param dataRange The data range that is the filler.
     * @return An OWLDataSomeValuesFrom restriction that acts along the specified property and has
     * the specified filler
     */
    OWLDataSomeValuesFrom getOWLDataSomeValuesFrom(OWLDataPropertyExpression property,
        OWL2Datatype dataRange);

    /**
     * Gets an OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom restriction
     *
     * @param property The object property that the restriction acts along.
     * @param classExpression The class expression that is the filler.
     * @return An OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom restriction along the specified property with the
     * specified filler
     */
    OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom getOWLObjectSomeValuesFrom(OWLObjectPropertyExpression property,
        OWLClassExpression classExpression);
}
